47-18-1802 - Definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

47-18-1802. Definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Director” means the director of the division of consumer affairs;

     (2)  “Food” means any nourishing substance intended to be eaten by human beings;

     (3)  “Manufacturer” means any person who manufactures, assembles or packages articles containing food of foreign origin. “Manufacturer” does not include wholesalers that repack fresh produce into smaller containers for sale to retail stores or retailers that repack fresh produce into tray-ready packs for sale to consumers; and

     (4)  “Person” means a natural person, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized.

[Acts 1997, ch. 244, § 2.]